Public Art
21st Century Artifacts
The floors of B Gates incorporate the unique geology and geography of Colorado in “21st Century Artifacts.” Broad areas of colored terrazzo are inlaid with stone patterns, precast concrete shapes derived from fossil forms found in Colorado, and cast bronze embeds. The bronze images are selectively located throughout the floors and depict indigenous fossils, Native …
Public Art
Patterns and Figures – Figures and Patterns
“Patterns and Figures – Figures and Patterns” utilizes terrazzo and mosaic tile to create figures and patterns on the floors of A Gates. Artist Darrell Anderson has produced eight-foot squares depicting images that, when viewed from above, pop out, representing foreshortened figures of people below. The people represent the cultural diversity of travelers using Denver …
Public Art
Acumen
Boulder-based artist Garrison Roots was selected to create an epoxy resin terrazzo art floor for the new Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center. To create his design, Roots layered patterns and images from nature (water, fire, tree rings and a hurricane) to create a richly colored, interlaced work that defines this public place of interaction and ever-changing …
Public Art
21st Century Artifacts